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maplescorp
Citizen
Username: Maplescorp
Post Number: 147
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 1:16 pm: | 
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http://www.njmonthly.com/toptowns/townlist.lasso
I'm hardly an expert at anything local, so I'll leave this to all you to work out. Nice to see Maplewood beating out Montclair I suppose... |
Hoops
Citizen
Username: Hoops
Post Number: 1151
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 1:18 pm: |
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and South Orange at 198 whoo hoo! |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 13798
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 2:13 pm: |
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Clicking on each town gives some very interesting statistics.
Looking at the list, I have no urge to move anywhere else!
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HOMMELL
Citizen
Username: Hommell
Post Number: 128
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:01 pm: |
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And Princeton Twp. at 348 |
xavier67
Citizen
Username: Xavier67
Post Number: 645
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:51 pm: |
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The fact that there is such a wide gap in rank between Maplewood (#39) and South Orange (#198), two towns similar in many ways, makes you question the whole methodology behind the ranking.
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tom
Citizen
Username: Tom
Post Number: 4791
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 4:37 pm: |
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One need only look at the "craters" along South Orange Ave. Still excited about that gourmet market that's coming soon? |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 7340
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 4:37 pm: |
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Yeah - I want to know the methodology myself. There are too many anomalies. |
Dave
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Username: Dave
Post Number: 9264
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 5:48 pm: |
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I think the methodology is to scan their advertisers and make sure those areas are promoted. |
susan1014
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Username: Susan1014
Post Number: 1515
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 6:16 pm: |
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We had this discussion in the South Orange section a few weeks ago. If you look at the online methodology in detail, the only major difference between the two towns is the percentage of open space, which is much higher for Maplewood. Obviously most of this difference is due to the inclusion of a portion of South Mountain Reservation in Maplwood's town boarders.
So although that part of Maplewood is closer to my South Orange home than it is to most Maplewood homes, Maplewood gets credit for it in both the best towns list and the crime stats (a mixed blessing indeed!). |
mooewe
Citizen
Username: Mooewe
Post Number: 336
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 7:51 pm: |
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OK, this is nagging at me - help me out here. There's a statistic related to the median home prices in 2000 and 2005, and in Maplewood it went from $207,000 to $405,000. Then it says "Change in median price" is 196%. Isn't it a change of about 100% - or double? A 200% change would be about $400,000, wouldn't it?
I need a life. |
Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 1390
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006 - 7:59 pm: |
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Why does Maplewood get so windy on some days?
Because South Orange sucks and Montclair blows.
I'm just kidding - I swear. |
curmudgeon
Citizen
Username: Curmudgeon
Post Number: 760
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 9:17 am: |
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You should note that Maplewood is also #2 - among towns with more than 20,000 residents. |
red
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 5397
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 11:16 pm: |
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I found it quite interesting. Towns I thought were going to be much higher, such as Summit, were quite low on the list IMO. |
susan1014
Supporter
Username: Susan1014
Post Number: 1521
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 11:48 am: |
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It is all in the very detailed criteria that they use, which are carefully laid out online. Seemingly sane criteria can lead to "interesting" results, as with the open space driven difference between Maplewood and South Orange. |
Carl Thompson
Citizen
Username: Topcat
Post Number: 199
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 12:14 pm: |
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Curmudgeon,
You will also find that Newark is No. 1 among cities over 250,000 in population.  |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 13825
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 12:15 pm: |
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Isn't it also last?
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Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 1403
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 1:04 pm: |
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That's very Zen. |
Bob K
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 11301
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 1:15 pm: |
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Mooewe:
405,000 divided by 207,000 is 195.365%, which rounds to 196%.
I don't think effective tax rate is factored into the equation. If it were the results would be different. |
bklyntonj
Citizen
Username: Bklyntonj
Post Number: 689
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 2:28 pm: |
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You are correct Bob K.
If someone wanted to know how much of a % increase that is in house prices the equation would be:
405,000 - 207,000 = 198,000
198,000 / 207,000 = .9565217391...
96% |
jeffl
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Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 1669
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 4:51 pm: |
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Mendham is 397. Yeah, who would ever want to live there? |
Joel Janney
Citizen
Username: Joel_janney
Post Number: 47
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 9:38 am: |
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Mooewe is correct. The new price is 196% of the old price, but the change in median price is 96%. If the median price were still $207,000, the change would be 0%, not 100%. |
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